(1) When bidding a contract with a minor suit as trumps, the suit is not mentioned.

(2) When people laugh, their muscles contract , their pulse rates rise and their breathing is faster.

(3) The factory should be self contained and contract for, order and pay for all materials obtained locally.

(4) Sanctions on a country could affect its ability to contract for concessional lending.

(5) In others, employers contract privately to provide the benefits.

(6) Breath-holding helps create a firm base upon which the muscles can effectively contract .

(7) When he can't succeed in killing himself, he hires a contract killer to carry out the job for him.

(8) Mucus production increases and the muscles surrounding the airways contract , narrowing the space through which air can flow.

(9) When these muscles contract , they don't directly push the head forward.

(10) Planning permission has already been obtained for the terminal and British Gas intends to contract for the use of 2.2 million tonnes a year of capacity.

(11) A contract of marriage may be made through agents acting ad hoc on behalf of the bride and bridegroom themselves, or of their guardians.

(12) Biotech companies also contract with individual farmers to grow pharma crops.

(13) It is always open to minority shareholders to contract for such representation.

(14) He could claim that while creating and producing hit game shows, he was also a contract assassin for the CIA.

(15) When an agreement is reached with the owner, a private contract is written and signed.

(16) The company wants to contract for as much technological capability as it can.

(17) The defendant has not returned the software and intends to use it until it can contract with a new vendor.

(18) About 10,000 Irish patients contract the superbug each year.

(19) The more slowly muscles contract , the more force they are able to deliver, which is why heavy weights can only be lifted slowly.

(20) Health authorities contract a hospital to treat a specific number of patients